We're off to Finland!

Well, actually, tomorrow morning. The flies are all tied, ready to be ripped apart by the numerous Baltic pike we intend to fool with them.  Here are the boxes of Erik and Harmen-Jan for instance:





And there's a major change too: the tournament is moved 150 km. south because of the current ice situation in Vaasa. The ice there is still not gone, and even if it was, the fishing would have been bad because the pike would still be spawning. So Simon took the tournament to the Merikarvia river mouth and we'll be staying at the Eumer Fishing Center.

To be honest, we have no idea how the piking over there will compare to the Kvarken area, because we've never been to either of those places. But then again, we just feel very lucky Simon managed to move the tournament at all and didn't have to cancel the whole thing. From what we heard, all this would probably not have been possible without the very kind coöperation of the famous Finnish tube fly brand Eumer, who offered their lodge for accomodation and also took care of other logistic problems. Thanks for that Eumer!

We'll probably arrive at the lodge sunday evening, and monday will be a day for practicing and exploring the fishing grounds. Then there's 3 days of tournament, and after that 3 more days of free fishing. Of course we'll do everything we can to put some raw stuff on our blog from Finland on a daily or two-daily basis.

So stay tuned and fingers crossed!

The Dutch Four

BTW, how nice would it be to catch a pike on a rod like this, with a reel like this and a streamer like this:







All these colors just scream "Holland" and "Gold".....

Seeya!